I just stole 800k from some guys account.. Bug?

[Deathbane]

I got a mission to check out some guys load in i think, universal technology bank. I saw a guy with 800 k in his bank account, and from his bank logs he was obviously an uplink agent... was paying the 300 c to the company for connection fees.

Anyway, after completing the mission, i came back with nothingmore than the defualt gateway, max proxy disable and max log deleter and just stole his 800k!

I went form intermediate to uber skilled instantly, and after some log deletage on both bank servers and inernic, im apparantly home free.

Is this a common occurence? how do i find out who i screwed over? Will it be in the news?

I just got uplink last night after i realised i couldnt think of a better cyberpunk game to play other than Invisible war, its good stuff!

[Kenada]

Yup. It's called Bank Hacking.

It's quite common actually, as once you hack a bank, you can go straight into a Techno-Mage. AND it's good income.

As for hacking the complete bank, you can always visit the admin section and check 'accounts'. It's quite fun, eh?

Always nice to find new things.

[Chad Mulligan]

Frequency: Yes, fairly routine among players who don't care to maximize challenge later on (because once you have top-end everything, much of the rest of the game becomes trivial). Some players loot every account in a bank in one go.

News: any sort of poking at a bank -- even starting a password break and disconnecting -- generates a 'bank hacked' news report.

Name: Account name is visible on the same screen as the number, balance and outstanding loan. If you mean the Uplink Agent name, well, there's a good chance you'll be able to find out, if you look in the logical place.